Watch: Zuma is failing to keep this promise he made back in December [video]

Take any promises he makes about stepping down with a huge dose of salt

Thanks to a video shared by eNCA, it seems that Jacob Zuma isn’t a man of his word. The struggle to remove him from office has left the entirety of South Africa in the dark. JZ still remains President, despite the extreme pressure on him to resign.

The ANC elected Cyril Ramaphosa as their President in December 2017, at the 54th ANC National Elective Conference. Whilst Zuma is still the Head of State, Mr Ramaphosa now leads the party – and they are demanding he steps down as South Africa’s leader.

Will Jacob Zuma agree to resign?

Jacob has been an ANC comrade almost all of his life, and has previously said he would step down once there was a new leader to follow. Here he is back in December, saying that he’d play by the rules as he is “a soldier, ready to be lead.”

Fast forward two months, and we are at this stage: Jacob Zuma is effectively ignoring the pleas of his colleagues, and ANC President Ramaphosa. If he really was a soldier, he’d be booted out of this particular army for his insubordination.

He does seem to have a habit of not living up to his words, though. And not just in a political sense, either. When it comes to handing power over, it looks like you have to take everything Msholozi says with a pinch of salt.

Has Zuma promised to resign before?

Just last week, we revisited a video of Zuma saying he would “step down if asked” by the ANC. He made those claims at his birthday party last April, but is again failing to practice what he has preached.

The ANC NEC are set to brief the media at 14:00 on Tuesday to clarify what is actually happening with Zuma’s future. All signs suggest we’ve got a recall coming.